News of July 20, 2017
Jada Pinkett Smith: When I Met Tupac, I Was a Drug Dealer
'That's how it started': In July 2017 on Sway in the Morning, Jada Pinkett Smith recounted meeting Tupac while dealing drugs.
She had never told the whole story, Jada Pinkett Smith said in July 2017 on the radio show Sway in the Morning. Then she spoke about something new from her friendship with Tupac.
She Got Out, He Got Deeper In
When she met Tupac, she was a drug dealer: “That’s how it started.” Then something very bad happened to her. As she got out of that life, he got deeper and deeper into it. Billboard and Rolling Stone relayed the conversation.
The Biopic Provided the Occasion
The background was the film All Eyez on Me. In June, she had critically addressed its portrayal of her relationship with Tupac (see Jada criticizes the portrayal). More on the relationship is on the page Jada Pinkett. The details are based on her own account.